7 Proven Ways to Resist the Urge to Smoke by Arina Nikitina

When you decide to stop smoking the most difficult part is

to resist the urges. It doesn't matter that each craving

lasts only 3-5 minutes. It's still the whole 5 minutes to

battle with your willpower! These 7 tips will help you to

resist the urge to smoke one urge at a time.

1. Remind Yourself Why You Quit

Every time you experience a craving remind yourself why

you quit. It's the excellent idea to take a blank index card

and list all the reasons why you decided to quit smoking.

List as many as you can, the more the better. If necessary,

take the second index card. Carry them with you all the

time. Every time you feel the urge to smoke take the index

card and slowly read all your reasons why you decided to

stop. After you finish reading your urge will pass! (If not,

read them one more time or come up with more reasons.)

2. Reward Yourself.

Make it a habit to reward yourself at the end of each

nonsmoking week. Think of something you want (it doesn’t

have to be something expensive, a nice home made meal

or hot bath will work). Take the index card and write down

what would you give yourself at the end of the week.

When the urge comes take a look at the index card with

your reward. Isn't it worth coping for 3 minutes? :)

3. Be prepared for your urges!

Get yourself prepared for the urge to smoke in advance. In

most cases something triggers the craving (certain

feelings, people, or places). You have to know what

triggers the urge.

Lets do a really quick exercise. Take a blank piece of paper

and divide it into 2 columns. On the one side list your

triggers (like “stuck in traffic”, “drinking morning coffee”,

“arguing with colleague”...) and in the second column write

down the alternative course of action.

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BIO:

Arina is the owner of http://www.how-to-quit-smoking.net -
the website where you can learn how to Quit Smoking – for
life - without patches, pills and gums! Fully guaranteed by
one of the most trusted entrepreneurs on the Internet (and
a former 39-year smoker who quit by using this very program)!

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